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Asked by samkingx to MarkF, Mark, Michael, Panos, Sarah on 16 Jun 2010 in Categories: General.
Question: there is no soap in my school so am i putting my health at risk>?
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Panos Soultanas answered on 16 Jun 2010:
Hello sam,
Absolutely no. Some people have become obsessed with cleanliness and that is not necessary.
🙂
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Sarah Burl answered on 16 Jun 2010:
It would be better to have soap as a lot of bugs would not be washed off by water alone. Ask your teacher if they could put some sopa in your bathroom or take some of the antiseptic gels into school.
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Mark Fogg answered on 16 Jun 2010:
Washing your hands with just water is better than not washing them at all, but soap helps remove any nasties that water alone cannot get rid of. If someone has gone to the loo and not washed their hands, its possible you could catch something from them, for example if you shook hands immediately afterwards, but I’ve seen people leave toilets where there IS soap and not wash their hands. Best not to get too obsessed about it though.
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Michael Loughlin answered on 16 Jun 2010:
I don’t believe so…i think washing hands in hot water gets rid of or kills many bacteria. Soap helps especially with viruses like flu that are enveloped ( surrounded by a membrane that soap pops)
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Mark Travis answered on 16 Jun 2010:
Soap is going to help get rid of nasty bugs, but just washing your hands with hot water will be good as well- don’t get too caught up with being super-clean. It would be good to have some kind of ant-bacterial hand soap/gel around for people who have colds and sneeze into there hands I guess…..
Comments
Andrew commented on :
I heard somewhere that there is more likely to be harmful bacteria on your mobile phone than on a toilet seat! Can’t think where though 🙁
georgiee commented on :
thats discusting.. but i hurd there is more on a girls hand bag then a toilet seat 🙁
lizbabe commented on :
i agree. theres none in our either 🙁
flamy commented on :
i thought that if you didnt wash your hands then put your fingers in your mouth you could get ill depending on what bacteria is on your hands ? 🙂
Panos commented on :
Andrew,
Interesting. Sometimes it may be true. We tend to clean toilet seats quite often but do you thoroughly clean your mobile phone often? I guess not. Still every mobile phone and every toilet seat would be different than all the others. So this comment cannot be true universally..!